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those beings long to
discover a way out of Hell. Once on Earth, they’d found humanity
and taken to killing them and dragging their souls back down to the
depths of the underworld, never to be seen again. Kali’s job was
simple: Protect humans by hunting down and killing those demons.
Sending them back to where they came from, before they could do any
further damage. The humans called her an avenging angel – not
someone to be messed with or pushed, and someone the other angels
wouldn’t be happy to see here, lurking around. Friends with Adrian
or not.
    Of course, Adrian and his followers
would never believe that an avenging angel who’d never swayed from
her job would want to join them.
    She was an angel who watched over
humans, in a circle full of angels whose friends had died
protecting those very same beings … She would be instantly
distrusted, and her presence might put many on edge. Luckily,
Seraphine’s speech had given her the perfect story for explaining
why she wanted to join Adrian. She just hoped it worked.
    “ Which is exactly why
Seraphine brought me here,” she told him, lifting her chin up and
casting him an annoyed glance. Adrian raised an eyebrow, seeming
unconvinced. “I’ve been stuck on Earth protecting the humans and
putting my life on the line for their safety. Something has to
change. I don’t want to die protecting them, but I can’t stand up
to the Creator the way you’re about to. Not by myself.”
    She grinned at him, trying to play the
part of one of his admirers. It was difficult even looking at him,
however, and a gnawing feeling prickled in her stomach. She hoped
he’d buy her story, and tried to keep the smile on her face, though
the longer he took to answer, the more difficult it was
becoming.
    “ Is that so?” he finally
asked. He looked hopeful, she thought. She could still see the
affection he held for her in those eyes, and as cruel as it seemed,
she planned to use those feelings to her advantage. That was, after
all, why Michael had chosen her.
    “ Adrian.” She tried to
keep her face calm, though she felt sick. “I came here to follow
you. My place is in Heaven, not on Earth protecting the pathetic
humans. I’m tired of pretending to care about His
creations.”
    He seemed to scrutinize her, searching
for any sign of the lie that stung her tongue, and she held her
breath, trying to keep from fidgeting. If he didn’t believe her
…
    Finally he nodded, and she
felt the tension in her shoulders ease. Not much. But a bit. “Very
well,” he said, and relief coursed through her as he smiled,
looking pleased. “I should warn you that once you come in, however,
there is no getting out.” He extended his hand out to her.
Something in his eyes hardened and darkened, and she wondered once
again what he was up to. And what she was getting herself in to.
    But she took his hand
without hesitation, letting him pull her toward him and then onward
to the field, Seraphine following behind them. Kali gulped. What
had he meant when he said that there was no getting out? She
would have to get
out, if she was to survive. She and Seraphine were to stay just a
little longer, to find out exactly what he was doing, and then she
needed to report back to Michael. Apparently it wasn’t going to be
as easy as she had thought.
     

     
    She had hoped to
sneak in and watch from a distance, but
that plan seemed less likely by the second. There were simply too
many angels here, and now Adrian was leading her right into the
middle of them, his hand firm around hers. She tried to pull away,
but his grip only tightened. They were walking into the center of
the group, and that was the last thing she wanted, but how was she
going to get out of it?
    She craned her neck to get a better
view of her surroundings, her eyes scanning the ground for an easy
exit point as he pulled her along with him. The angels in front of
them looked around just as nervously, fidgeting as they waited, but
when they